Understanding Lesson Plan Scaffolding: Putting a Plan in Place

Description

How can scaffolding help students develop independence and confidence? Scaffolding is a powerful instructional strategy that breaks lessons into manageable components while providing structured support to help students acquire skills and knowledge. Join Michelle Dragalin for this timesaving, to the point session as she demystifies scaffolding and its role in enhancing student learning outcomes. This session will explore how to design lessons with intentional scaffolding, from initial implementation to gradual withdrawal. Prepare to transform your teaching and provide your students with the skills and confidence they need to thrive! Michelle's expertise in curriculum and instruction will equip you with actionable techniques to support learners as they build confidence, master challenging concepts, and discover how scaffolding promotes independence while creating a pathway to deeper understanding.

Objectives

• Define scaffolding as an instructional strategy.
• Explain the importance of scaffolding in supporting learning.
• Use scaffolding techniques to support students in challenging tasks.
• Examine the impact of scaffolding on student independence and confidence.
• Develop a plan for the gradual removal of scaffolding as students' progress.
• Design a scaffolded lesson plan that fosters student mastery and independence.

Key Take Aways

1. Discover how scaffolding enhances skill development and knowledge acquisition.
2. Gain insights into creating scaffolded plans that support student mastery.
3. Learn how to transition students from scaffolded learning to independence.
4. Explore strategies to break down lessons into manageable components.

Assessment

Participants will have communication and collaboration and opportunities throughout the training to demonstrate their understanding of the session objectives and reflect on their learning.

Course Content

• Understanding Lesson Plan Scaffolding: Putting a Plan in Place